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The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn

Richard Wigmore author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:22nd Jan '09

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The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn is Richard Wigmore's lively and accessible guide, published in the anniversary year of the composer's death.

Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, Richard Wigmore's crisp and concise guide presents you with all you need to listen to and enjoy Haydn's music.Joseph Haydn is one of the greatest and most innovative of all composers, yet in some ways he is still curiously misunderstood. This engaging new Pocket Guide assesses what Haydn's music means to us today, and challenges some of the myths that have grown up around the composer. With suggestions for further reading and recommended CD recordings, Richard Wigmore's crisp and concise guide presents you with all you need to listen to and enjoy Haydn's music. It explores each of his key works, from his symphonies to his quartets, from his choral works to his sonatas, and invites a new generation of listeners to discover the depth and dazzling ingenuity of this most humane and life-affirming of composers.

ISBN: 9780571234127

Dimensions: 178mm x 110mm x 24mm

Weight: 240g

400 pages

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